WEBVTT
YOU JUST GOT A STATEMENT FROM
BOB THE CLUB'S OWNER.
, WHAT DID IT SAY?
BO YES, IT WAS A WRITTEN
STATEMENT FROM BARBARA POMA WHO
OPENED AT THIS CLUB AS A
MEMORIAL TO HER BROTHER WHO DIED
OF AIDS.
THROUGH THE TRANSACTION SHE SAYS
THIS SACRED SITE WILL BE
PROPERLY MEMORIALIZED FOR YEARS.
AS FOR THE FINANCIALS, WE
UNDERSTAND FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE THAT THE PURCHASE PRICE
FROM THE CITY IS $2.25 MILLION.
THAT MONEY WILL BE EARMARKED
FROM THE CITIES LAND ACQUISITION
FUND, BUT IT MUST MEET WITH
APPROVAL OF CITY COMMISSIONERS
AT A MEETING NEXT MONDAY, THE
14TH.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
ORLANDO'S LGBT CENTER SAID THE
ONLY DOWNSIDE TO THIS DEAL WOULD
HAVE BEEN IF THE OWNERS HAD SOLD
THIS TO SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE
THEN THEY WOULD NOT AFFECT
CONTROL OF WHAT HAPPENS.
WITH THE CITY PURCHASING IT, HE
SAYS THAT WILL GUARANTEE THOSE
CLOSELY AFFECTED BY THE MASSACRE
WILL ALSO HAVE INPUT ON HOW TO
BEST MEMORIALIZE THE 49 WHO LOST
THEIR LIVES IN SURVIVORS WHO
ALSO SUFFER HERE SO MUCH.
>> THE CITY WAS RIGHT FOR BUYING
IT.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH IT,
THAT IS THE NEXT STEP IN WHAT IS
GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
BOB: HE SAYS HE HOPES THAT SOME
SORT OF COMMITTEE IS FORMED TO
COME UP WITH THE BEST IDEA ON
HOW TO HONOR THE VICTIMS GOING
FORWARD IN THE COMING YEARS.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SAYS THE SITE
WILL BE TAKEN INTO POSSESSION BY
THE END OF THIS YEAR AND LEAVE
IT AS IS FOR THE BETTER PART OF
12 MORE MONTHS SO THEY CAN
CONTINUE TO GATHER INFORMATION
AND PUBLIC INPUT ON HOW TO BEST
MOVE FORWARD.

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Mayor Buddy Dyer said the site should probably remain as-is for the next 12 to 18 months, as it has become a gathering place for mourners since the June 12 shooting.

"This location is now a permanent part of Orlando’s history, it’s the site of the most tragic event that has ever occurred in the City of Orlando," Dyer said. "We want our entire community to be a part of this site. With the City owning the property, we can engage in a public process to determine the future of the Pulse property and building."